Management Accounting and Control Systems: An Organizational and Behavioral Approach - Hardcover

Macintosh, Norman B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471944092 ISBN 13: 9780471944096

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1995

Synopsis

Providing an introduction to the organizational and behavioural aspects of management accounting and control systems, this text illustrates the use of a case mix loading system in a hospital, a just-in-time inventory system in a large conglomerate, and many other types of systems.

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From the Back Cover

This book is about the design and working of management accounting and control from an organizational and sociological perspective. It focuses on how control systems are used to influence, motivate, and control what people do in organizations. The new edition is organised into four thematic parts which seek to illustrate, respectively: the nature of Management Accounting and Control Systems (MACS), how and why these change, their function and use in practice, and how they are related to general issues of governance in contemporary organisations, economies and society. It includes a new chapter on MACS, Accountability and Governance; adapted and new case studies; adds new theoretical perspectives relevant to current practices, teaching needs and academic development; new material is provided dealing with MACS role in relation to issues of ethics.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471944092
• ISBN 13: 9780471944096
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 294